Tony Scott
Directing
Born June 21, 1944 in North Shields, Northumberland, England, UK
Anthony David Leighton Scott (June 21, 1944 – August 19, 2012) was an English and American film director, producer and actor. He was known for directing highly successful action and thriller films such as Top Gun (1986), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Days of Thunder (1990), The Last Boy Scout (1991), True Romance (1993), Crimson Tide (1995), Enemy of the State (1998), Man on Fire (2004), Déjà Vu (2006), and Unstoppable (2010). Scott was the younger brother of film director Sir Ridley Scott. They both graduated from the Royal College of Art in London, and were among a generation of British film directors who were successful in Hollywood having started their careers making television commercials. In 1995, both Tony and Ridley received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema. In 2010, they received the BAFTA Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment.
Filmography
Top Gun: Maverick
Get Santa
Out of the Furnace
The East
Stoker
Killing Lincoln
The Polar Bears
World Without End
Coma
The Grey
Life in a Day
Unstoppable
Welcome to the Rileys
The Pillars of the Earth
Cyrus
The A-Team
The Real Robin Hood
Cracks
The Good Wife
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Into the Storm
Tell-Tale
The Andromeda Strain
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Company
Cashback
Déjà Vu
Tristan & Isolde
Le court des grands
Domino
In Her Shoes
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'
Self
Numb3rs
Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun
Self
Man on Fire
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Self
Beat the Devil
Ticker
Hostage
The Gathering Storm
Spy Game
The Hire
The Last Debate
Where the Money Is
RKO 281
Providence
Young Kerry
Enemy of the State
Clay Pigeons
Angelo Nero
The Swords
The Hunger
The Fan
Cityscrapes: Los Angeles
Director B
Crimson Tide
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Self
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
Self
True Romance
The Last Boy Scout
The King of Ads
Days of Thunder
Revenge
Beverly Hills Cop II
Spearfield's Daughter
Police Lieutenant
Top Gun
Number One
Danny
The Hunger
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
The Author of Beltraffio
Loving Memory
Forum
One of the Missing
Compromise
Boy and Bicycle
The Boy
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Indian Employee